I say to you, my friends, that in spite of
the difficulties of today and tomorrow,
I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply
rooted in the American Dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation
will rise up and live out the true meaning
of its creed. We hold these truths to be
self-evident that all men are created
equal.
I have a dream that one day out in the
red hills of Georgia the sons of former
slaves and the sons of former slave
owners will be able to sit down together
at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the
state of Mississippi, a state sweltering
with the heat of oppression, will be
transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the colour of their
skin but by their character
I have a dream today (Martin Luther King, Washington DC, 1963)
